A CSX train pulls through Muncie on Dec. 3, 2012. CSX announced that the authorized speed of freight trains traveling through Muncie will increase from 30mph to 60mph in January.

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One of two railroad companies that run trains through Muncie dozens of times each day wants to double the speed of its trains in the city from 30 mph to 60 mph.

The increased speeds for CSX, set to begin on Jan. 1, will mean the freight trains will move through some of the city's busiest crossings - including Ind. 32, Madison and Walnut streets and Tillotson Avenue - at speeds more often used in rural areas and towns like Farmland, scene of an October fatal car-train crash after high school students crossed tracks in front of a CSX train.